Norah Jones

The distaste of argument is an American characteristic, Frenchman, to cite but one example, would consider this thread mild indeed as they argue 10x this and at the end of the day no one is offended.

I personally never thought ipod is good. I think ipod is poor. Also you are comparing equipment to artistic talent and personal taste in what moves you musically. I don't see a correlation between the two. What I take from Schubert is if I select and listen to the music or artist he deems (good taste) or best, than I will make better choices in life and gain wisdom. If I choose music he does not approve of than I will make poor decisions in life and lack wisdom. How can I sign up for that program? REALLY? If this is what he believes, he might want to check himself.

What is best in serious music is not my personal taste but the collective wisdom of the best minds over the course of centuries.
To me, anyone who uses the term, "check yourself" is an uneducated boob, to you it might be the height of good taste.
So be it.

Nora Jones is mediocre at best, period. Sarah Vaughan is not deep chested enough, period. Ella Fitzgerald has too much vibrato, period. Anita O'Day doesn't have enough control, period. Diana Krall has a perpetual cold, period.

Next!!!

Hi Schubert

I like a good argument as well as the next guy but so far your argument is going all over the board and for me at least has entered the area of entertaining, man am I relieved, I hate to get too serious on line. There really is no problem whatsoever in what YOU consider good music and good taste and wisdom. I have no issue at all with that. The reason you raised my hackles (past not now)is your diminishment of other tastes if they don't happen to coincide with yours or your revered esteemed "best minds" or the Avant Garde Jazz pianist in-law that has "met them all", or so it seems. You have been given an opportunity to clarify your controversial comments and so far you have "elevated" yourself to a position above the fray that you are causing.

NOW you're going off on a different tangent and speaking of Serious Music. Presuming you are speaking of the evolution of Western Music and what is agreed to as “serious”. Experts (best minds as you call them) rarely agree on everything even among themselves. Your last statement bears out my suspicions of your previous comments, particularly the latter ones concerning “wisdom”. It seems to me at least, you are letting us mere mortals know that to elevate our “awareness” that there is some kind of quantifiable method of determining what is great vs. ordinary. If one misses the boat, or makes a “bad” taste choices there is a correlation that this will quite possibly transfer over to other bad choices in their lives? LOL, really I did after your last post. This is so preposterous that this thread has now become quite entertaining to me. I think I get you now Schubert, I really do. One question, please answer me as you have been most neglectful in requests to clarify your words, (“The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword”, IME the one thing more powerful than music,) how do you quantify and filter “good taste” in your quest for the best and might I suggest "musical purity"? Do you have a list, a formula, a process for determining or do you rely on experts that meet your criteria? A list would be helpful also, thanks for your anticipated cooperation!